[info] Second Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (LION 2): Call for Papers

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: "Watson, Jean-paul" <jwatson at SANDIA.GOV>
Date:         Tue, 29 May 2007 21:16:53 -0600
To: EVOLUTIONARY-COMPUTING at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Second Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (LION 2): Call for Papers
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   Call For Papers
   Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference - LION (II) 2007.
   December 8-13, 2007 - Trento, Italy.

   [1]http://www.intelligent-optimization.org/LION2007bis

   Building on the success of the first LION meeting in February, 2007,
   the LION II
   conference aims at bringing together experts actively engaged in
   research at the
   intersection of machine learning, artificial intelligence,
   mathematical
   programming, and algorithm analysis to discuss novel approaches to
   understanding
   and solving challenging optimization problems. The conference program
   will
   consist of plenary presentations, introductory and advanced tutorials,
   technical
   presentations, and discussion sessions. Authors of all accepted
   original
   presentations will be invited to submit their work to a conference
   post-proceedings volume. Additionally, a special journal issue
   dedicated to
   intelligent optimization will follow publication of the post-
   proceedings volume.
   The publication outlets for both the post-proceedings volume and
   journal special
   issue are currently under negotiation.

   Please see the conference web site for full and up-to-date
   information.

   Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
   - Stochastic local search methods and meta-heuristics
   - Reactive search (online self-tuning methods)
   - Supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning applied to
   heuristic search
   - Hybridizations of constraint and mathematical programming with
   meta-heuristics
   - Memetic algorithms and evolutionary / local search hybrids
   - Memory-based optimization
   - Model-based meta-heuristics
   - Prohibition-based methods (tabu search)
   - Penalty-based methods and dynamic local search
   - Variable neighborhood search
   - Evolutionary algorithms and swarm intelligence methods
   - Adaptation of discrete optimization methods to continuous
   optimization problems
   - Algorithm portfolios and racing algorithms
   - Experimental analysis and modeling of algorithms

   High-quality scientific contributions to these topics are solicited,
   in addition
   to advanced case studies from interesting, high-impact application
   areas. We also
   welcome proposals for advanced tutorial presentations. We will accept
   submissions
   in the following formats:
   - Original novel and unpublished work (max. 12 pages).
   - Manuscripts that have recently been accepted for publication or
   appeared within
      the last 6 months in a peer-reviewed journal or which are currently
   under
      review (max. 12 pages).
   - A statement of interest / position statement / extended abstract
   (max. 2 pages).
   - Tutorial proposals (max. 1 page).

   Each submission will be evaluated according to its relevance to the
   meeting,
   novelty, technical quality, and presentation.

   Statements of interests, position statements, and extended abstracts
   will not
   appear in the conference post-proceedings volume. All submissions will
   appear in
   informal proceedings, to be distributed at the conference.

   Submissions will be handled according to the following schedule:

   September 15, 2007: (Hard) Deadline for submissions.
   November 10, 2007: Notification of acceptance.
   January 31: Deadline for post-proceedings submissions.

   Organization:

   Conference Chair: Vittorio Maniezzo, Universita di Bologna (Italy)
   Steering Committee Chair, Local Chair: Roberto Battiti, Univ. of
   Trento (Italy)
   Technical Program Committee Chair: Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia National
   Labs (USA)

   Technical Program Committee:

   Ethem Alpaydin (Turkey), J. Christopher Beck (Canada) Christian Blum
   (Spain)
   Immanuel Bomze (Austria) Andrea Bonarini (Italy) Juergen Branke
   (Germany)
   Jehoshua Bruck (USA)  Carlos Cotta (Spain) Valentin Cristea (Romania)
   Marco Dorigo (Belgium) Lee Giles (USA) Michel Gendreau (Canada)
   Fred W. Glover (USA) Marco Gori (Italy) Youssef Hamadi (UK)
   Geir Hasle (Norway) Holger Hoos (Canada) Zeynep Kiziltan (Italy)
   Richard E Korf (USA) Elena Marchiori (The Nederlands) Lyle A. McGeoch
   (USA)
   Peter Merz (Germany) Zbigniew Michalewicz (Australia) Nenad Mladenovic
   (UK)
   Pablo Moscato (Australia) Raymond Ng (Canada) Marcello Pelillo (Italy)
   Vincenzo Piuri (Italy) Christian Prins (France) Franz Rendl (Austria)
   Andrea Schaerf (Italy) Marc Schoenauer (France) Yaroslav D. Sergeyev
   (Italy)
   Marc Sevaux (France) Thomas Stuetzle (Belgium) Éric Taillard
   (Switzerland)
   Stefan Voss (Germany) Benjamin W. Wah (USA) David Woodruff (USA)

   Steering committee: Roberto Battiti, Holger Hoos, Mauro Brunato
   Tutorial chair: David Woodruff
   IEEE Computational Intelligence Society liaison: Andrea Bonarini
   Publicity chair: Kenneth Sorensen
   Publication liaison: Thomas Stuetzle
   Local Organization: Alessandro Villani, Roberto Cascella, Elisa Cilia,
                       Paolo Campigotto
   Support to the Organization: Stefano Poletti Web Chair: Franco Mascia

   If you have any questions, please contact Jean-Paul Watson at
   jwatson at sandia.gov.

References

   1. http://www.intelligent-optimization.org/LION2007bis

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